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10 for today: Tuesday, Dec. 3

CYBER MONDAY: Amazon.com employee Monica Chavez packs up a box after she wraps the gift at an Amazon.com Fulfillment Center on "Cyber Monday" the busiest online shopping day of the holiday season Monday, Dec. 2, in Phoenix. Taxes on online shopping are likely here to stay. Photo: Associated Press/Ross D. Franklin

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:

1. SPEEDING TRAIN CRASH RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT SAFETY MEASURES

Some experts say the Metro-North derailment could have been avoided if an automated crash-prevention technology had been installed on the system.

2. HOW OBAMA IS TRYING TO MOVE PAST HEALTH CARE SITE ISSUES

The president is focusing on the benefits of the law while accusing the GOP of trying to take them away without offering alternatives.